international journalist jim clancy joining me here. and this weapons deal, it was inked in 2010, when mubarak was still in power. tell me about that. >> well, look, we have long had a relationship with egypt's military. the u.s. sees them as vital, if you will, in a chain that goes around the world. this is a chain in the middle east and nothing could be more important to the united states. they want to keep their promises. and so they're going to go ahead with the military aid that they have promised. they want to cooperate with this government. they know they need to be in it, in order to have some influence over what is happening now. when you look at the streets of cairo today, you look at the streets in port said, in issmai province and other areas under curfew tonight, you see a president that is in trouble. president morsi, who even though he's got his supporters, has very limited options. to many egyptians his crackdown, his curfews are making him look more and more like hosni mubarak. >> but, jim clancy, just perspecti perspective, right, we're talking egypt and talking about another
